Went and saw his big band orchestra at casino windsor last night. Phenomenal show. It was billed as an xmas thing, but only about half the tunes were xmas related. Played a handful of old Stray Cats songs, a couple standards jazz & rock. Great sound as usual and my god the tone! Just an incredible showcase of technique, style, and taste. I was telling my dad before the show that if there was one guitarist I could play like it would be Brian, and he only reinforced that impossible dream.

He played 4 different Gretsch's through his usual fender bassman setup, with roland space echo.

About an hour after the show I ran into the bass player (Johnny Hatton) in the casino and talked to him for 15 minutes. Super cool guy, I even introduced him to my mom and grandma who I saw nearby and he was really nice to them.

I loved his Stray Cats stuff, and was glad to re-discover him in connection with his Christmas album from a few years ago, and his instrumental album from a year or two ago. I enjoy the bigger band swing stuff, but would love to hear more stripped down trio stuff ala the Stray Cats from him as well. For those of you that have seen his shows, does he ever strip it down a bit for a couple songs?

Very cool. He lives here in town now - I always think I might run into him someday but he keeps a low profile I hear. But then again I've never hung in hipster areas and in some ways he's the ultimate hipster with the chops to back it up.

I loved his Stray Cats stuff, and was glad to re-discover him in connection with his Christmas album from a few years ago, and his instrumental album from a year or two ago. I enjoy the bigger band swing stuff, but would love to hear more stripped down trio stuff ala the Stray Cats from him as well. For those of you that have seen his shows, does he ever strip it down a bit for a couple songs?

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Yeah they played for about 20 minutes without the brass, and then brought hem back for the end of the show. It was really cool!